Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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... keep them from the goats , and his children , to keep them from the snakes and scorpions . It looks like a font for the baptism of a giant . EGYPTIAN BOYS AND GIRLS 5 16 17 17 One boy is playing on the double Arab pipe , which may go ...
... keep them from the goats , and his children , to keep them from the snakes and scorpions . It looks like a font for the baptism of a giant . EGYPTIAN BOYS AND GIRLS 5 16 17 17 One boy is playing on the double Arab pipe , which may go ...
Page 7
... keeping on your right the aqueduct of Saladin , which might , but for its pointed arches , be the work of a Roman Emperor , and , fixing your eyes on the pageant of the Mameluke Tombs , second only to the Tombs of the Caliphs for ...
... keeping on your right the aqueduct of Saladin , which might , but for its pointed arches , be the work of a Roman Emperor , and , fixing your eyes on the pageant of the Mameluke Tombs , second only to the Tombs of the Caliphs for ...
Page 16
... keep them from the goats , and his children , to keep them from the snakes and scorpions . It looks like a font for the baptism of a giant . One boy is playing on the double Arab pipe , which may go back to Ptolemaic times , since they ...
... keep them from the goats , and his children , to keep them from the snakes and scorpions . It looks like a font for the baptism of a giant . One boy is playing on the double Arab pipe , which may go back to Ptolemaic times , since they ...
Page 19
... keeps him from anything hurt him and from cold and hot , and if his mother is not able to feed him from her nuture mile , they bring to him a nurse to serve and feed him . The child stays on that matter till he is able to take food and ...
... keeps him from anything hurt him and from cold and hot , and if his mother is not able to feed him from her nuture mile , they bring to him a nurse to serve and feed him . The child stays on that matter till he is able to take food and ...
Page 28
... keep you enjoying the hapiness ; and the Providence to give both of you and Mr. Roads long live and happy life . " I embracing the opportunity before Mangoes finish to send you ten more . " Mr. Roads is here tonight , and he is in good ...
... keep you enjoying the hapiness ; and the Providence to give both of you and Mr. Roads long live and happy life . " I embracing the opportunity before Mangoes finish to send you ten more . " Mr. Roads is here tonight , and he is in good ...
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Abûkir Abydos Agenoria Alexandria ancient ancient Egypt ANGELES antique Antony Arab asked Assuan bakshish bank bazar beautiful Berberine blue built Cæsar Cairo CALIFORN called camels canal Cataract Hotel charming Cleopatra colonnades colour columns cook Cook's Coptic dahabeah Damietta Denderah Der-el-Bahari desert donkey donkey-boys dragoman Edfu Egyptian English Fayum feet fellahin French galabeah garden Greek humours hundred Italian Joseph Julius Cæsar Karnak Khedive King ladies lake land LIBRARY live look Luxor mediæval Mehemet Ali meshrebiya miles minarets Mohammed Mohammedan mosque mummy native never night Nile oasis Osiris palace palm groves Pasha Pharaohs photographs piastres picturesque police Ptolemies pylon railway Rameses Ramidge rich riding river Roman roof Rosetta round ruins sand servants shillings side steamer Sudan suffragi tarbooshes temple Thebes thing tombs took tourists Upper Egypt village walls women